Any doubts,
about here or the world beyond,
about what is experienced
by/because of others,
by/because of oneself,1
are abandoned–all–
by the person in jhāna,
ardent,
living the holy life.
Notes
1. This relates to the question of whether pleasure and pain are self-caused or other-caused. As Ud 6:5 and Ud 6:6 show, this question was a hot topic in the time of the Buddha. However, in SN 12:20, SN 12:35, and SN 12:67 the Buddha refuses to get involved in the issue. See the discussion in Skill in Questions, chapter 8.
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